Sir 22:1 

A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one 

will hiss him out to his disgrace. 

Sir 22:2 

A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every 

man that takes it up will shake his hand. 

Sir 22:3 

An evilnurtured man is the dishonour of his father that begat 

him: and a [foolish] daughter is born to his loss. 

Sir 22:4 

A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: 

but she that liveth dishonestly is her father's heaviness. 

Sir 22:5 

She that is bold dishonoureth both her father and her 

husband, but they both shall despise her. 

Sir 22:6 

A tale out of season [is as] musick in mourning: but stripes 

and correction of wisdom are never out of time. 

Sir 22:7 

Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd 

together, and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep. 

Sir 22:8 

He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a 

slumber: when he hath told his tale, he will say, What is the 

matter? 

Sir 22:9 

If children live honestly, and have wherewithal, they shall 

cover the baseness of their parents. 

Sir 22:10 

But children, being haughty, through disdain and want of 

nurture do stain the nobility of their kindred. 

Sir 22:11 

Weep for the dead, for he hath lost the light: and weep for 

the fool, for he wanteth understanding: make little weeping for 

the dead, for he is at rest: but the life of the fool is worse 

than death. 

Sir 22:12 

Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead; but for a fool 

and an ungodly man all the days of his life. 

Sir 22:13 

Talk not much with a fool, and go not to him that hath no 

understanding: beware of him, lest thou have trouble, and thou 

shalt never be defiled with his fooleries: depart from him, and 

thou shalt find rest, and never be disquieted with madness. 

Sir 22:14 

What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof, but 

a fool? 

Sir 22:15 

Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear, than a 

man without understanding. 

Sir 22:16 

As timber girt and bound together in a building cannot be 

loosed with shaking: so the heart that is stablished by advised 

counsel shall fear at no time. 

Sir 22:17 

A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair 

plaistering on the wall of a gallery. 

Sir 22:18 

Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: 

so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand 

against any fear. 

Sir 22:19 

He that pricketh the eye will make tears to fall: and he that 

pricketh the heart maketh it to shew her knowledge. 

Sir 22:20 

Whoso casteth a stone at the birds frayeth them away: and he 

that upbraideth his friend breaketh friendship. 

Sir 22:21 

Though thou drewest a sword at thy friend, yet despair not: 

for there may be a returning [to favour.] 

Sir 22:22 

If thou hast opened thy mouth against thy friend, fear not; 

for there may be a reconciliation: except for upbraiding, or 

pride, or disclosing of secrets, or a treacherous wound: for for 

these things every friend will depart. 

Sir 22:23 

Be faithful to thy neighbour in his poverty, that thou mayest 

rejoice in his prosperity: abide stedfast unto him in the time 

of his trouble, that thou mayest be heir with him in his 

heritage: for a mean estate is not always to be contemned: nor 

the rich that is foolish to be had in admiration. 

Sir 22:24 

As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire; 

so reviling before blood. 

Sir 22:25 

I will not be ashamed to defend a friend; neither will I hide 

myself from him. 

Sir 22:26 

And if any evil happen unto me by him, every one that heareth 

it will beware of him. 

Sir 22:27 

Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seal of wisdom 

upon my lips, that I fall not suddenly by them, and that my 

tongue destroy me not?